- yo, john mccain very, very successfully made government seem foolish by picking out stupid earmarks. you know, the sgest argument i've seen mitt romney m i , yo know, the government -- the government's regulatory apparatus has bogged down. you know, i would have him go at stupid regulation tricks. you know, there are all tse silly regs that have been paed, u kn,n tls thoused to vote for or vote against, joe. and i think that he has to run against the federal government at this point rather than against the economy. >> willie? >> john? sorry. thout joe was gngoay th i ree with that. i mean, he does have to focus on how massive the federal government's gotten, but he also has to explain how that is going to turn things around for t american people. t ard of an argument to make when you say there's $3 trillion sitting on the sidelines. investors are afraid to put that backn the u.s. economy. corporations are more flush with cash than ever before, but they don't know what new regulation orha nwagton's going to pass. now, you could disagree with that if you wanted to, but that's an argum